comfortingn.
/ˈkʌmfətɪŋ/ The action of comfort v., in various senses: Consolation; †strengthening, †encouragement, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > courage > encouragement > [noun]
fosteringc1230
comfortingc1320
recomforting1487
emboldening1503
emboldishment1512
heartening1534
encouragement1550
encouraging1578
flushing1775
inspiriting1846
leaveway1913
the mind > emotion > pleasure > state of being consoled or relieved > [noun] > consolation or relief
lightingOE
leathc1175
comfort?c1225
solacec1290
solacec1290
lithec1300
comfortingc1320
allegeancec1325
swaging1340
froa1350
releasec1350
consolationc1374
legeancec1390
reliefa1393
comfortationa1400
leathinga1400
swagea1400
allegementa1425
alleviation?a1425
recreation?a1425
refrigery?a1425
lighteningc1425
recomfortc1425
mitigation?1435
recomforting1487
recreancea1500
allevation1502
easement1533
solacy1534
ease1542
cheer1549
assuagement1561
refreshing1561
easing1580
recomfortation1585
recomforture1595
assuage1596
allevement1599
mitification1607
allayment1609
solagement1609
levation1656
solacement1721
solation1757
soulagement1777
consolement1797
de-tension1949
de-tensioning1952
tea and sympathy1953
the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > [noun] > supporting or encouraging
comfortingc1320
couraging?1542
encouraging1578
patronaging1597
upbolstering1610
countenancing1628
rooting1888
hand-holding1967
the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > furtherance > [noun]
furtheringc1000
advancementc1325
nourishingc1325
speedingc1400
promotion1425
vauncingc1426
furtherancec1440
expedition1445
preferment1454
further1526
profection1533
towardliness1553
maturation1584
comforting1605
forwarding1635
advance1642
promotement1661
forwardness1741
fosterage1816
the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > strengthening or confirmation of immaterial things > [noun]
strenghinga1400
strengthc1400
affirmance1442
roboration1473
confirmation1520
corroboration1529
fortification1530
strengthening1535
hardening1544
establishment1561
re-enforcement1577
comforting1605
reinforcement1605
consolidation1611
establishing1846
undergirding1868
entrenchment1877
entrenching1950
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > condition of being fast bound or firmly fixed > [noun] > making fast or securing
comforting1605
c1320 Seuyn Sag. (W.) 2596 Tak the to som comforting.
1382 J. Wyclif Psalms xciii. 19 Thi coumfortingis gladeden my soule.
1578 in J. G. Dalyell Scotish Poems 16th Cent. (1801) II. 133 Send us support and comforting Agains our fais.
1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Aa2v Knowledge..would soone perishe..if it were not preserued in Bookes..and Schooles, for the receipt & comforting of the same. View more context for this quotation
1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 169 To supply the..Presence and Comfortings of a dear Mother.
1862 G. W. Thornbury Life J. M. W. Turner II. 126 With soothing kisses and comfortings.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2020).
comfortingadj.
That comforts, in various senses of the verb: Consoling, consolatory; †strengthening, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > state of being consoled or relieved > [adjective] > giving consolation or relief
comfortable1377
comforting1382
easefulc1425
solaciousc1450
unctious1477
consolativea1492
consolatorya1500
comfortful1552
recomfortable1581
cordial1584
relieving1597
comfortizing1600
balmya1616
lenifying1617
consolating?1650
easinga1665
balsamic1667
relief-ful1699
consolinga1704
assuasive1713
solacing1721
soothing1746
consolate1748
reassuring1753
alleviative1770
cheering1796
assuaging1801
sooth1819
paramuthetic1854
soothful1886
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > refreshment or invigoration > [adjective]
cooling?c1425
comfortablec1440
refreshing1534
rousing1576
vegetant1576
reviving1579
refriscative1582
refrigerating1583
cordial1584
airy1591
freshing1591
animating1595
fertile1597
recreating1600
refective1611
refreshfula1614
comforting1623
refrigerant1626
erecting1654
cordialine1674
refocillating1675
corroboratinga1680
refectory1693
invigorating1694
restoring1697
freshful1734
enlivening1746–7
livelya1754
tonic1756
stimulatory1758
vivifying1768
energizing1786
stimulative1791
refreshening1807
vitalizing1813
stimulating1827
recuperative1843
invigorative1860
innerving1868
breezy1870
tonicizing1890
reparatory1893
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Zech. i. 13 Good wordis, coumfortinge.
1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII v. i. 4 To repayre our Nature With comforting repose. View more context for this quotation
1751 R. Brookes Gen. Pract. Physic II. 536 Comforting Eye-waters.
1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch IV. viii. lxxiv. 207 That comforting explanation.
1878 A. Brassey Voy. Sunbeam xv. 265 The comforting light of a large wood fire.
Derivatives
ˈcomfortingly adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > state of being consoled or relieved > [adverb] > in manner giving consolation or relief
solaciouslya1529
comfortably1611
easefully1611
relievinglya1708
reassuringly1827
consolatorily1836
comfortingly1849
consolingly1880
1849 Fraser's Mag. 40 518 The soul whose faith..comfortingly teaches her, etc.
1873 R. Broughton Nancy I. 12 ‘Bless your heart’, says the Brat, comfortingly, ‘he will never find out that we are there’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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n.c1320
adj.1382